Foot Focus Webinar Series - Week 3 - Surfaces & Competing With Aksel Vibe & Ben Benson
Mon 20 Feb 2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM GMT
Online, Teams
Description
Introduction
These discursive online sessions are designed to start a national conversation on the miracle and structural masterpiece that is horses' hooves; continually renewing themselves and hopefully lasting a lifetime, complex, weight-bearing structures upon which the entire horse and equine industry depends. We will marvel and praise the hoof and look at the ways we in society can do better to understand both the mechanics and mechanisms, tools and trades and regulations and science that help us keep our horse's feet in great shape.
Three weeks, three online chats. Chaired by Erik MacKechnie-Guire FBHS. Followed by a Q&A session.
Week 3 - Surfaces & Competing
Aksel Vibe & Ben Benson
- What are the rules around shoeing and barefoot?
- Sporting considerations
- All about surfaces
- The judges’ perspective
- Competing from amateur to Olympics
- Safety
- Considerations for the five domains
This third session is about sport and modern surfaces - from sand to synthetic, fibre, rubber, recycled, indoor and outdoor all influencing the hoof. Competing and the rules surrounding shoeing and the different circumstances will all be discussed as well as safety, slipping and speed. Also, the role of the judge, giving the right impression and ultimately back to where we started three weeks ago – equine welfare and the miracle that is the equine hoof.
Open to all.
The talk will be delivered by teams and you will receive the joining link by email a couple of days prior to the event.
This counts as 1 CPD point for BHS Accredited Professional Coaches.
This evening will be recorded. You are able to purchase a view after ticket if you are unable to make this evening.
**Please note that if you are booking a live ticket - there is no need to book a view after ticket - the recording will be sent to all**